Pastewka (TV series)
Pastewka is a German sitcom with Bastian Pastewka, in which he plays himself. The scene of the series is Cologne. The first broadcast took place on the German TV channel Sat.1. The series won awards including the Rose d' Or and the German Television Award. Directors are Joseph Orr and Jan Markus Linhof.
- 3.2.1 Esther
- 3.2.2 Jo
- 3.2.3 Susanne Winter
- 4.1 protagonist
- 4.2 Supporting Actor
- 4.3 Prominent guest performer
- 5.1 Cinema Tour
- 6.1 Awards
- 6.2 reviews
- 6.3 odds
Idea
The idea for the series is based on the American series Curb Your Enthusiasm! However (English Curb Your Enthusiasm ) with Larry David, the creator of the comedy series Seinfeld, is on, no improv show, but based on screenplays by Chris Geletneky and Sascha Albrecht and comes in concept rather the Sarah Silverman Program close. The theme song of the first season, composed by Daniel Weir, has not also taken the same but similar to the theme music of the original ( Frolic by Luciano Michelini ). In all other seasons, however, is to hear a different cover story.
Originally, the concept was offered, known for his comedy series TV station RTL, but rejected by the latter.
Action
Content of the series are everyday adversities with which Bastian Pastewka must grapple. Although these are not based on true experiences Pastewkas but or similar form could this happen, "Is the all really happen? " "No, not all. Only the embarrassing moments. " Pastewka thinks it's mostly good, but is often misunderstood in everyday situations and then makes the situation worse. If he tries to take refuge on abbreviations, excuses and lies of any kind, these are usually discovered and lead to embarrassing situations. This relationship difficulties are with his girlfriend Anne, family problems with his brother Hagen and his daughter Kim as well as a small war with his neighbor and later girlfriend wife Hagens Bruck because of various trifles on the agenda. Even with his father cooked up Bastian at the time, although it is obvious that the apple has not fallen far from the tree. Bastian's bad habit, whenever it seems useful to him to speak ill of others, makes it difficult for their own lives. Such situations are reversed regularly against Bastian, as the negative talk usually comes out, which is a running gag in the series. Mobility in the series takes place in a red Saab 900 Handlungsort the first five seasons is the Emmastraße 1 in Cologne.
Figures
Main characters
Bastian Pastewka
Bastian Pastewka leads the life of a prominent German comedians. Although not sealed off from the public as the Hollywood stars, but also often recognized in everyday situations, he tries to cope with life, which holds all sorts of pitfalls for him, but which he also establishes himself in part because it has a pronounced tendency to " fibbing " has to be the life to" simplify ". In addition, he has constantly struggling with the fact that he is confused with other stars and few recognize him on the street as Bastian Pastewka. The relationship between Pastewka and his neighbor Svenja Bruck is tense. Pastewka are in the series as a big fan of television series such as Star Trek and 24 Pastewkas mobile phone is also equipped with the tone from the series 24. Bastian had as a child suspected of having a hernia, a fact which he very often mentioned and used by them as an excuse to not " lift heavy" to have. Actor 's Bastian Pastewka itself
Anne Marie " Anne " Leyfert
Anne is the girlfriend of Bastian Pastewka. By profession, she is a nurse. Before she met Bastian, she studied medicine, interrupted this study, however, to spend a year in India. On her father Klaus, who is also a doctor request, but she had decided after their stay in India, to resume their studies. However, this did not happen by that began shortly after relationship with Bastian, why Klaus Leyfert Bastian can not stand. In the first season she and Bastian live in separate apartments, but already looking for a common, which they then find the beginning of the second season. Actress is Sonsee New.
Hagen Pastewka
Hagen Pastewka is Bastian's half brother. Alleinerziehend he cares about his daughter Kim and tries with his chronically empty purse to make ends meet and at the same time to find the woman of his life. Since the third season he is with Svenja Bruck, a neighbor of Bastian Pastewka together. Actor Matthias Matschke.
Kimberley Jolante " Kim " Pastewka
Kim, actually Kimberley Jolante Pastewka is Hagen's daughter. She is at the beginning of the series 13 years old and hates her uncle Bastian from my heart. Reasons for confrontations arise quickly when Hagen she settles in Bastian to himself perceive an appointment with a potential dream woman can. In the 5th season makes them in his own words just her high school diploma. In Season 6 she began her studies in art history. Kim is played by Cristina do Rego.
Regine Holl
Regine is Bastian Pastewkas manager. Bastian is her only client and his career is more or less in the sand, which is also the fact that it Regine rarely manage to find engagements for Bastian. This can sometimes be attributed to their ignorance of current trends in the media landscape: Regine example Inglourious Basterds are Albus Dumbledore and unknown. In addition, it is the subject of Internet fundamentally skeptical about. Regine also often decide against Bastian's will and reports it for example in the TV total diving at. They also seem to have a strong penchant for alcohol and is represented in many episodes as the influence of alcohol. Actress Sabine Vitua.
Svenja Bruck
Svenja Bruck is Bastian Pastewkas neighbor. The student who is annoyed by Bastian nocturnal rehearsal of "spontaneous " acceptance speeches to his massive accumulation of waste paper stacks on the common landing, can feel it on every occasion their prominent neighbors. From the third season she is also partner of Hagen. It is played by Bettina Lamprecht.
Volker Pastewka
Volker Pastewka is Bastian's and Hagen's father. He is always very harshly against Bastian, Bastian why not particularly like him. In the third season he is with his Hungarian cleaning woman Schwarczak Elsa (played by Adriana Altaras ) apparently romantically involved. Performer is Dietrich Hollinderbäumer.
Minor characters
Esther
Esther is secretary of Regine Holl and their deputy. In the episode The promotional trailer it is fired, but set shortly after. It occurs only at irregular intervals and falsifies Bastian's signature on his autographs. In Season 2 she brings to a daughter and is pregnant again in season 4. In Season 6 she brings with her six year old son Franklin to work. Esther is portrayed by Lisa Sommerfeldt.
Jo
Jo is the ex-boyfriend of Anne and occasionally looks at Anne and Bastian past. However, Bastian can not stand him because he is firmly convinced that Jo Anne still loves what yo in episode The Wedding ( Season 2 ) also admits. As a result, my friend Jo ( Season 3 ) Jo visited the Pastewkas, because he has become representative of an organic energy drink company. Jo is represented by René Steinke.
Susanne Winter
Susanne is a friend of Bastian's friend Anne. It occurs only in the first two seasons. She has a relationship with Jochen Winter, whom she marries at the end of the second season. He had previously a relationship with Georg Uecker and do not know myself whether it is homosexual or heterosexual. Susanne works as an interior designer for Anne and Bastian's apartment and is generally marked by their tearfulness. She is represented by Svea Timander.
Occupation
Lead
Supporting Actor
Prominent guest performer
In some episodes guest stars contribute to the action, which also - like Bastian Pastewka - play themselves. These are usually also comedian. Some celebrities have several guest appearances as Michael Kessler and Hugo Egon Balder.
Broadcast
The first season aired from September to end of October 2005 in Sat.1, the second season from September to November 2006 and the third season from November to December 2007. Though the third season could reach only nine percent market share on average, was a fourth produced season. The first broadcast of the fourth season took place between October 2009 and February 2010. Filming for the fifth season began in August 2010 and lasted until January 2011. The broadcast of the fifth season took place from February to April 2011 Sat.1. As guest stars appeared: Hugo Egon Balder, Wigald Boning, Bernd das Brot, Annette Frier, Oliver lime kiln, Michael Kessler, Vera Int - Veen, Bill Mockridge, Matthias Opdenhövel, Markus Maria Profitlich, Claus Vinçon, Roger Willemsen. Sat.1 sent the sixth season from September to November, 2012. Began in April 2013 in Cologne filming nine episodes of the seventh season, as well as a Christmas special. The Christmas episode, which aired on December 20, 2013 at 23:30 clock on Sat.1, forms, according to Bastian Pastewka the season premiere. The regular episodes of the season should be on display from March 21, 2014, the initial emission was shifted in favor of the serial killer women in the summer of 2014. As a prominent guest stars are, inter alia, Anke Engelke, Annette Frier, Michael Kessler and Hugo Egon Balder be seen.
Cinema Tour
Announcing the launch of the sixth season there was in September 2012 a cinema tour through Germany, on which four exclusively selected episodes of the season were seen. Presented was the tour of MySpass.de, Brain pool and Sat.1 in various Cinemax Cinemas in Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Stuttgart and Cologne. Was born on December 2, 2013 in Berlin Theater am Kurfürstendamm, the Christmas special and at the same time first episode of the seventh season shown before the television broadcast.
Reception
Awards
2006 Bastian Pastewka received a Rose d'Or for Best Sitcom Actor and one for the price of the press. In the same year, the series was honored as best comedy series of the German Comedy Award for Best Sitcom and the German Television Award.
After the comedy series Pastewka was honored in 2006 with television awards, the Sat.1 TV series has now been nominated by the Adolf- Grimme -Institut also at the Adolf Grimme Prize - giving ceremony in the Entertainment category 2008.
In the years 2010 and 2013 Pastewka received the German Comedy Award for Best Comedy Series.
Reviews
The series generated from the outset generally a positive external effect. In the opinion of Stefan Niggemeier in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Pastewka plays in the series " the role of his life."
Odds
DVD Availability
The first season was released on September 15, 2006 as a DVD, this is the first episode included as a Director's Cut. A supplementary DVD contains audio commentary on three episodes, trailers, a making-of, a Pastewka quiz as well as other bonus material.
The second season was released on 26 October 2007 as a DVD. A supplementary DVD contains audio commentary on three episodes, outtakes, a photo gallery with audio commentary, a Pastewka quiz as well as other bonus material.
The third season was released on 27 June 2008 as a DVD. A supplementary DVD contains audio commentary on three episodes, a making-of, outtakes, a Pastewka quiz as well as other bonus material.
The fourth season was released on 20 November 2009 as a DVD and includes for the first time in three instead of two DVDs, the episodes and many extras. It has also been published with all nine DVDs of the first four seasons on 20 November 2009, the Pastewka Collector's Box.
The fifth season was released on 11 March 2011 as a DVD. Again three DVDs include all ten episodes of the season as well as many extras.
On 9 December 2011, the second collector's box appeared with all the episodes of the first five seasons on twelve DVDs.
The sixth season was released on DVD and Blu- ray version on 5 October 2012.
The Christmas episode of the seventh season is available on DVD since November 2013. The approximately 80 minutes running time resulting from the sequence itself (about 43 minutes) and the bonus material of the DVD.
Online Availability
About the Internet Pastewka is available both in the video-on -demand services max cathedrals and Lovefilm, which provides all the six seasons for retrieval, as well as in the German iTunes store of Apple. On the platform, the production company Brain Pool myspass.de are also all six seasons available for free.